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Commission as Lieutenant Colonel, John Tipton, 1813 June 4

Commission as Lieutenant Colonel, John Tipton, 1813 June 4, Page 1

Thomas Posey GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE INDIANA TERRITORY, TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS, GREETING: KNOW YE, that reposing special Trust and Confidence in the Patriotism, Valour, Fidelity and Abilities of John Tipton I have appointed him a Lieutenant Colonel in the fifth Regiment of the Militia of the Indiana Territory, to take rank as such from the 3rd June, Instant He is therefore carefully and diligently to discahrge the duty of a Lieutentant Colonel by doing and performing all manner of things thereto belonging. And I do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under his command, to be obedient to his Orders as such Lieutenant Colonel and he is to Observe and Follow such Orders and Directions from time to time, as he shall receive from Me, or the future Governor of the Territory, or the General, or other Superior Officers set over time, according to the Rules and Discipline of War. --This ccommission to continue in Force during the Pleasure of the Governor of the Territory for the time being. GIVEN under my hand, and the seal of the Territory at Jeffersonville, the fourth day of June in the Year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen and in the thirty seventh Year of the independence of the United States of America. BY THE GOVERNOR TH Posey Jn Gibson Secretary

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Thomas Posey GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE INDIANA TERRITORY, TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS, GREETING: KNOW YE, that reposing special Trust and Confidence in the Patriotism, Valour, Fidelity and Abilities of John Tipton I have appointed him a Lieutenant Colonel in the fifth Regiment of the Militia of the Indiana Territory, to take rank as such from the 3rd June, Instant He is therefore carefully and diligently to discahrge the duty of a Lieutentant Colonel by doing and performing all manner of things thereto belonging. And I do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under his command, to be obedient to his Orders as such Lieutenant Colonel and he is to Observe and Follow such Orders and Directions from time to time, as he shall receive from Me, or the future Governor of the Territory, or the General, or other Superior Officers set over time, according to the Rules and Discipline of War. --This ccommission to continue in Force during the Pleasure of the Governor of the Territory for the time being. GIVEN under my hand, and the seal of the Territory at Jeffersonville, the fourth day of June in the Year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen and in the thirty seventh Year of the independence of the United States of America. BY THE GOVERNOR TH Posey Jn Gibson Secretary